Senior Systems Engineer, Spacecraft Systems

Job overview

The Senior Systems Engineer role is onsite in Denver, CO. Compensation is $140,000–$170,000 per year. Gravitics designs and manufactures orbital structures for commercial, defense, and government missions, and this role supports its spacecraft engineering program. The engineer helps develop and integrate spacecraft systems from architecture through qualification, testing, launch, and mission operations. By coordinating requirements, interfaces, verification, and technical issue resolution across engineering and program teams, the role advances vehicle maturity and reduces integration risk.

What you'll do

• Support spacecraft architecture, requirements, interfaces, specifications, and verification approaches
• translate mission objectives into subsystem and vehicle requirements
• coordinate integration across spacecraft subsystems
• support technical reviews, verification and validation planning, anomaly resolution, risk reduction, hazard analysis, and human-rating assessments
• maintain configuration control and technical baselines
• work with manufacturing and integration teams to ensure designs are producible and verifiable
• interface with customers, suppliers, and partners as required.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior systems engineer

spacecraft systems

aerospace engineering

systems engineering

spacecraft integration

human-rated spacecraft

verification and validation

denver co

gravitics

$140k–$170k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Company equity, comprehensive medical benefits, 401(k) retirement plan, generous paid time off, and employee discounts.

Why this role

Supports development of human-rated spacecraft systems; salary range is $140,000–$170,000 per year; company equity and comprehensive medical, 401(k), paid time off, and employee discounts are listed.

About the employer

Gravitics, Inc is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.